Find songs on the "Top 100" that you know and learn them. Learning songs you know is probably the best tool because you know how they're supposed to sound. It's best to start out with easy songs that you can use open chords for. After you get that down, learn bar(barre) chords and play songs with those.

Find songs on the "Top 100" that you know and learn them. Learning songs you know is probably the best tool because you know how they're supposed to sound. It's best to start out with easy songs that you can use open chords for. After you get that down, learn bar(barre) chords and play songs with those.

You can play your favorite songs and enjoy them, but if you ever wanted to play something your own or creative ideas, then you'll be forced to go back and learn guitar basics, because how can you drive a car if you don't know where the brake is?

I suggest you to start with the basics. Check youtube and find your basics there

Please, please get some proper tuition. I started like you. I bought a cheap guitar, I went to a big communal class for a few lessons to get me started. I bought myself a Green Day Dookie tab book and went from there.

Now here I am, about ten years later and 4 months into taking proper tuition because my guitar playing just never got any further than power chords and the odd easy riff from a tab book. I've gone through phases over the years of just not playing for months at a time as my poor skills really frustrated me. Now I'm 30 and regretting not doing lessons properly, ten years ago. I'd have played in bands by now and had a great time.

Don't rob yourself of awesome hobby by cutting corners. I can tell you from experience it doesn't work.